Cain Dasein

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Le Kalendrier des bergers

1493 BnF

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The Last Judgment Icon Fragment:

Vision of Daniel

Origin: Mshanets village, Lviv region, Ukraine. Late 15th – mid-16th century.

This exceptional excerpt from a Carpathian folk icon illustrates the apocalyptic beasts from the biblical Vision of Daniel (Daniel 7). The central rodent-like beast in a crown represents the tyrannical Fourth Kingdom. Surrounding hybrid monsters embody the remaining empires and cardinal sins. Mystical planetary roundels and pseudo-runic inscriptions (such as HFMXWH) reflect late-medieval astrological symbolism and eschatological folklore.

Location: Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv, Ukraine.

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Fall of the Rebel Angels. François Ximenes, ‘Book of Angels’ c. 1460

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Arminius Hasemann (1888–1979)

from “Eros Thanatos – ein Totentanz” series

woodcut on paper, 1921 — source

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Achilles cutting his hair in mourning for Patroclus, illustration for the Iliad by Henry Fuseli (1741 – 1825)

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Saint John the Evangelist, detail, probably part of the Genter Altar painting by Jan van Eyck.

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Josef Váchal, #Astarte’s Mass, 1907

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Friedrich Pacher St. Sebastian (inside), St. Sebastian (outside)

Painting on fir wood, 175.5 x 62.3 cm, ca. 1480-90

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The Inferno, Canto IX (The Three Furies) Gustave Dore, 1861

Photo taken by me

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Pure War by Xue Jiye

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Woman Bending Over cane, carved ivory handle and collar, wood shaft, steel ferrule

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Walter Draesner (1891–1940)

four plates from “Ein Totentanz” series, 1922

source

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Sandro Botticelli ❂ Saint Francis of Assisi with Angels (c. 1475)

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The Triumph of Death by an anonymous master

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Bernard Picart (1673–1733), “Love and Death”

engraving & etching, 1719 — source

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Saint George and the Dragon by Bernat Martorell, 1434–35